Yu Okamura

Biography

Yu Okamura is a member of the Antitrust/Competition and Corporate/ M&A practice groups. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked at a number of other well-known law firms in Japan.

Practice Focus

Yu has extensive experience advising clients on multijurisdictional merger control matters for M&A transactions. He is also experienced in handling international cartel matters.

Representative Legal Matters

Represented clients in a wide variety of industries – including the automotive, semiconductor, energy and pharmaceuticals industries – in multijurisdictional merger fillings.
Conducted internal investigations and represented clients in international cartel investigations.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Tokyo Bar Association - Member

Admissions

New York~United States (2020)
Japan (2009)

Education

University of California, Berkeley (LLM) (2018)
The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics (JD) (2006)
Keio University Faculty of Law (LLB) (2004)

Languages

English
Japanese

Presentations

Speaker, "Emerging countries competition law seminar (6) Turkey," Fair Trade Institute, March 2020
Speaker, "Summary of interim proposals for the revision of the Civil Code and their impact on industry," Financial Management Forums, Inc., May 2013
Speaker, "Compliance Seminar: Effective training methods and concrete examples," Dai-Ichi Hoki Co, Ltd., December 2012
Speaker, "Implications of the feed-in tariff law for renewable energy," Corporate Management Forums, Inc., July 2012

Publications

Co-Author, “Overseas Competition Law by Learning Actual Violation Cases – Regulations and Sanctions – US, EU, BRICS and Asia Pacific Countries,” Daiichi Hoki, June 2020

Co-Author, “Ignorance Will Never be a Justification, Cartel Regulations Around the Globe (22) United States,” Corporate Legal Affairs A to Z, Daiichi Hoki, December 2019
Co-Author, “Ignorance Will Never be a Justification, Cartel Regulations Around the Globe (17) Turkey,” Corporate Legal Affairs A to Z, Daiichi Hoki, July 2019
Author, "Sexual harassment and abuses of authority in the retail industry: trends and countermeasures," Food Business, The Shogyokai Publishing Co., Ltd., May 2015
Author, "Important points for retail stores on the management of personal information," The Commercial World, The Shogyokai Publishing Co., Ltd., November 2014
Co-Author, “Understanding Practices of Civil Execution through Q&A,” Nihon Horei, February 2013
Author, "Latest trends in the revision of the Civil Code and their impact on companies," Business Practice, NJ Publishing, seven-part series, January to July 2013
Author, "Important information on unfair labor practices at non-union companies," Business Practice, NJ Publishing, September 2012
Author, "Disputes and litigation in the digital age: best practices for companies," Business Practice, NJ Publishing, July 2012
Author, "Latest trends in the revision of the Civil Code and their impact on companies," Business Practice, NJ Publishing, six-part series, January to June 2012
Co-author, "Handbook for bankruptcy proceedings (revised edition)," GYOSEI Corporation, February 2012
Author, "Important points on renewable energy in the feed-in tariff law," Business Practice, NJ Publishing, December 2011
Author, "Civil Code revision process," Business Practice, NJ Publishing, July 2011
Co-author, "Revisions to the Civil Code: Proposals from lawyers," Dai-Ichi Hoki Co., Ltd., February 2011
Author, "Legal information on business succession for pharmacies and drug retailers," Drug Magazine, Drugmagazine Co., Ltd., three-part series, November 2010 to January 2011
Author, "Basic guide to environmental law," The Commercial World, The Shogyokai Publishing Co., Ltd., July 2010